Chandigarh, July 18 -- Taking a serious note of the "repeated disregard" of its orders by senior officials of the Faridabad district administration and the Faridabad municipal corporation (MC), the Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has issued show cause notices to deputy commissioner (DC) and the municipal commissioner of Faridabad, warning them of a Rs.20,000 fine per case for contempt of its directions.

In his order, the HHRC member Deep Bhatia stated that non-compliance with Commission's directives not only amounts to contempt of law but also obstructs justice for the aggrieved individuals.

An official spokesperson of the HHRC said that in one complaint DC, MC commissioner, executive engineer and block development and panchayat ...